Carriage-washing apparatus



(No Model.)

M. P. GALE. CARRIAGE WASHING APPARATUS. No. 548,008. Patented July 23,1895.

}% WITNESSES: /NVENTOR zfww 4/ m K M B ATTORNEY,

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOSES F. GALE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CARRIAGE-WASHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,008, dated July 23,1895.

I Application filed February 16, 1895- Serial No. 538,733. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MOSES F. GALE, of

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Washing Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in carriage-washing devices; andthe object of my invention is to produce a simple and inexpensiveapparatus which may be connected to any ordinary water-supply pipe andsupported from any suitable overhead support, and when thus arranged isadapted to deliver water to any part of the carriage, or, rather, todeliver it on either side of the carriage, to the end that the carriagemay be very quickly and nicely washed.

A further object of my invention is to produce a very simple andeffective coupling, which may be suspended fromthe ceiling or support,which is adapted to connect with the discharge-pipe, so as to permit thelatterto rotate around a carriage and deliver water to any desiredpoint, and which has a very'convenient drain-cock adapted to let 0E allthe surplus water in the coupling, so that there is no danger of thewater in the coupling freezing and so bursting the coupling.

Still another object of my invention is to construct and arrange thecoupling and its support in such a manner that the latter may be veryeasily and firmly fastened to a ceiling or other support;

To these ends myinvention consists of certain features of constructionand combination of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which similarfigures of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the severalviews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is anenlarged-detail sectional view of the main coupling and its hanger orsupport. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional plan on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig.4 is an inverted plan view of the hanger which carries the main couplingand the pipes therewith connected.

I have shownmy invention in connection with an ordinary water-supplypipe 10, which is controlled by a valve 11, and extends Vertically alongthe wall 12 and thence horizon tally along the ceiling 13, beingsupportsdintened by lags 2iandscrews 22, or other equivalent fastenings,to the ceiling or support 13. The T 17 is held in position on the hanger18 by means of an ordinary jam-nut 19. The reduced end 23 of the barrel24 of the coupling 25 is screwed into the lower end of the T 17,although it may be connected therewith in any suitable manner. Thebarrel 24 is provided near its upper end with a rigid collar 26, againstwhich abuts the upper end of the coupling-sleeve 27, between which andthe collar 26 a suitable packing is inserted. The lower end of thesleeve 27 abuts with a packing-ring 28, which is held in place bya nut29 on the reduced lower end 30 of the barrel 24, and the nut 29 isprevented from being displaced by a check-nut 31. The sleeve 27 is thusheld to the barrel 24 so as to turn freely on the barrel, beingprevented from vertical displacement by the collar 26 and packingring28.

The barrel 2% is hollow at its upper end and in the center, at whichlatter point it is provided with ports 32, opening into an annularchamber 33 on the inner side of the sleeve 27, so that when water isflowing into the valve it passes out freely through the ports and intothe chamber 33 of-the coupling-sleeve 27.

The coupling-sleeve 27 is provided on one side with a nipple 34:, whichopens from the chamber 33 and which connects with the discharge-pipe 35,which extends outward horizontally and has a vertical pipe 36 connectedtherewith; but these pipes may be given any desired shape, and I shallrefer to them jointly in the claim as a discharge-pipe.

The barrel 2st has a small longitudinal bore 37, leading from the bottomof its inner chamber, and this bore can be closed by the draincock 39,which screws into the lower end of the barrel 24: and has a taperingupper end, as shown clearlyin Fig. 2. The cook 39 has abore extendingfrom its lower end nearly to the top, where it meets a transverse bore4-1, extending through the cock and registering with side bores 42 inthe lower end of the barrel. The cook 39 is provided with a handle 43,by which it may be turned, and by turning down the cook the water in thecoupling passes down through the bore 87 of the barrel 34, thence intothe ports 42, and thence out throughthe bores 41 and 40.

The coupling 25 is connected with the supply-pipe 10 and the couplingdischarge-pipes 35 and 36, and these are arranged in such a way that acarriage may be drawn beneath the coupling and the dischargepipesrotated around the carriage. A short hose may be connected in any usualmanner to the lower end of pipe 36, and when the water is turned on bymeans of the valve 11 the water passes through the coupling anddischarge-pipes, and can be brought to bear efifectively on any desiredpart of the carriage which is being washed. The coupling is constructedin such a way that there is no leakage, and after the operation iscompleted the valve 11 can be closed and the cup 39 opened, so as topermit all surplus water to drain from the coupling.

I have shown and described the hanger and coupling, which form theessential features of my invention, in connection with a series of pipesadapted for use in washing carriages;

but it will be understood that I do not limit my invention to such use,and that the coupling described may be used in connection with any wateror liquid supply system employing a swinging or turning discharge-pipe.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination with the coupling barrel having alongitudinal bore in its lower end, of the sleeve journaled "on thebarrel and adapted to receive the discharge therefrom, the sleeve havinga suitable discharge nipple, the side ports to receive the dischargefrom the bottom bore of the barrel, and a drain cock screwed into thelower end of the barrel, the cock having a longitudinal bore and atransverse bore connecting with the said longitudinal bore andregistering with the ports in the barrel bottom, substantially as described.

MOSES F. GALE.

Witnesses:

\VARREN B. IIU'lCHINSON, N. M. FLANNERY.

